Why Does The Clock Go Clockwise?

A: Why does the clock go clockwise? B: Errm, because it has to? A: Why doesn’t it get bored of going in the same direction infinitely? B: … It just doesn’t. It’s how the clock was made! A: Why was the clock made? B: To help us know the time. A: Why should we know the time? B: … Because time is important in our lives. A: Why is that? B: Our lives are based on time. It’s how we make arrangements, how we know when to eat, sleep… A (interrupting): Why are our lives based? B: … What? A: Why are we alive? Why are there lives? B: ….. The universe is running in perfect balance, and we’re just a part of it. Our lives fulfill the balance. A: Why is the universe running? B: It has to! A: Who runs the universe? B: God, I guess. A: Why is God? B: I’m sorry? A: Why is there a God? B: Because God is the only one capable of running the universe, not to mention that God created us. A: Why did God create us? B: To worship Him and to construct and build. A: Why do we worship Him? B: To thank Him for all of his blessings. Everything around us is a blessing. A: Why did he endue us with blessings? B: To make our lives easier, because life is hard. A: Why is life hard? B: Because God is testing our faith and will. A: Why is He testing our faith and will? B: To compute us for our goods and sins. A: Why? B: Because there’s a judgment day, in which those who made good go to Heaven and those who made wrong go to H*ll. A: Why is there a judgment day? B: … It’s how time ends. A: Why does time end? B: … I don’t know. *Silence* A: … Clocks are weird. God is weird. B: Yeah, I know. A: But, I still didn’t know why does the clock go clockwise?

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